{"id":7491,"date":"2015-03-19T10:25:04","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T07:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/efk.epcc.ee\/2015\/03\/sibelius-cd-sibelius-juhlavuosi-kannattaa-ulkoistaa-viroon-2\/"},"modified":"2017-05-23T17:36:12","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T14:36:12","slug":"sibelius-cd-sibelius-juhlavuosi-kannattaa-ulkoistaa-viroon-the-sibelius-jubilee-year-should-be-outsourced-to-estonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/efk.epcc.ee\/en\/2015\/03\/sibelius-cd-sibelius-juhlavuosi-kannattaa-ulkoistaa-viroon-the-sibelius-jubilee-year-should-be-outsourced-to-estonia\/","title":{"rendered":"Sibelius CD. Sibelius-juhlavuosi kannattaa ulkoistaa Viroon \/ The Sibelius Jubilee Year should be outsourced to Estonia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sibelius Jubilee Year should be outsourced to Estonia<br \/>\nThere is no shortage of recordings of the mixed choir songs of Jean Sibelius, and there are even a couple of fairly new complete works \u2013recordings. In honour of the Jubilee Year, however, the record company Ondine has released a new double cd of the mixed choir songs of Sibelius, and the selected choir is the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. In this case, outsourcing to Estonia has paid off \u00ac &#8211; quality this high is not available is Finland.<\/p>\n<p>The most astounding aspect of the recording is the very high level of the choir\u2019s vocal technique and other skills. Finnish choirs simply cannot reach a sound this professional, rich, controlled and homogenous. This is not bland your choir singing, strained amateur singing or thick opera. This is an in-tune, plastic and bearing mixed choir sound, which immediately updates the choir music of Sibelius to a professional level. The skills of the Estonian singers can be heard as even the dull hymns and mundane school songs receive a vigorous interpretation, coherent in every detail.<br \/>\nThe outsourcing also has its negative effects. The pronunciation sounds foreign from time to time, and especially in the l-letters and Scandinavian vowels \u00e5, \u00e4 and \u00f6, the Estonian accent creates a funny nuance. At times the choir clearly focuses on the vocal technique and not the text, which, considering the circumstances is an acceptable solution.<br \/>\nAnother problem is the sense of playing it safe in the interpretations. The experienced choir conductor Heikki Sepp\u00e4nen of course knows the songs of Sibelius very well, and is able to direct the Estonians into vigorous, secure interpretations \u2013 but that\u2019s it. For example, the eilaa-eilaa part in the opening track Rakastava is sung really beautifully, but these singers have the potential to more experimental sounds. There are not very many robust, clever or radical moments on this record, but luckily there are a few.<br \/>\nOne important thing is that with this record, the mixed choir music of Jean Sibelius gets an interpretation on an international professional level. This is a great favour to the music, and thanks for this belong to the Estonian choral tradition and to the understanding of the record company Ondine.<br \/>\nJean Sibelius: Complete Works for Mixed Choir. \u2013 Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir \/Heikki Sepp\u00e4nen. (Ondine, ODE 1260-2D)<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the radio programme \u201dNew Records\u201d 20.3.2015, by Kare Eskola (in Finnish).<\/p>\n<p>Translated into English by Lena Helenius<\/p>\n<p>***************************************<\/p>\n<p>Jean Sibeliuksen sekakuorolauluista ei levytyksi\u00e4 puutu, ja melko tuoreita kokonaislevytyksi\u00e4kin on saatavilla pari. Juhlavuoden kunniaksi Ondine-yhti\u00f6 on kuitenkin julkaissut Sibeliuksen sekakuorotuotannosta uuden tuplalevyn, jolle kuoroksi on valittu Viron filharmoninen kamarikuoro. T\u00e4ss\u00e4 asiassa ulkoistaminen Viroon on kannattanut &#8211; n\u00e4in kovaa laatua ei Suomesta saa.<br \/>\nSibelius \/ Viron filharmoninen kamarikuoro<\/p>\n<p>Huikeinta levyss\u00e4 on kuoron \u00e4\u00e4nenmuodostuksen ja muun osaamisen eritt\u00e4in korkea taso. Kotimaiset kuorot eiv\u00e4t kerta kaikkiaan yll\u00e4 yht\u00e4 ammattimaiseen, t\u00e4ytel\u00e4iseen, hallittuun ja yhten\u00e4iseen sointiin. T\u00e4m\u00e4 ei ole laimeaa nuorisokuorolauleskelua, harrastekuorojen pinnistely\u00e4 tai paksua oopperasoppaa. T\u00e4m\u00e4 on puhdasta, plastista ja kantavaa sekakuorosointia, joka kertaheitolla p\u00e4ivitt\u00e4\u00e4 Sibeliuksen kuoromusiikin ammattitasolle. Virolaisten osaaminen kuuluu siin\u00e4, ett\u00e4 jopa tyls\u00e4t virret ja banaalit koululaulut saavat j\u00e4ntev\u00e4n, yksityiskohtiaan my\u00f6ten yhten\u00e4isen tulkinnan.<\/p>\n<p>Toki Viroon ulkoistamisessa on haittansa. A\u00e4nt\u00e4mys lipe\u00e4\u00e4 paikoitellen ulkomaiseksi, ja etenkin \u00e4lliin ja \u00e4\u00e4kk\u00f6siin virolainen aksentti antaa hupaisaa retros\u00e4vy\u00e4. Paikoin kuoro selv\u00e4sti laulaa \u00e4\u00e4nenmuodostus eik\u00e4 teksti edell\u00e4, mik\u00e4 olosuhteet huomioon ottaen on k\u00e4yp\u00e4 ratkaisu.<\/p>\n<p>Toinen ongelma liittyy varmistelun makuun tulkinnoissa. Kokenut kuoromies Heikki Sepp\u00e4nen tietysti tuntee Sibelius-ohjelmiston kuin omat taskunsa, ja pystyy ohjaamaan virolaisjoukot napakoihin, varmoihin tulkintoihin &#8211; mutta siihen se j\u00e4\u00e4. Esimerkiksi avausraidan Rakastava-sarjassa lallatteluv\u00e4liosa sujuu todella kauniisti, mutta t\u00e4ll\u00e4 porukalla olisi mahdollisuuksia kokeilevampiin sointeihin. Jykevi\u00e4, nokkelia tai radikaaleja hetki\u00e4 on t\u00e4ll\u00e4 levyll\u00e4 melko harvassa &#8211; mutta siell\u00e4 t\u00e4\u00e4ll\u00e4 sent\u00e4\u00e4n.<\/p>\n<p>Olennaista on, ett\u00e4 t\u00e4m\u00e4n levyn my\u00f6t\u00e4 Jean Sibeliuksen sekakuoromusiikki saa kansainv\u00e4lisen ammattitason tulkinnan. Se on suuri palvelus musiikille, ja siit\u00e4 kiitos kuuluu Viron kuoroperinteelle ja Ondine-yhti\u00f6n ymm\u00e4rrykselle.<\/p>\n<p>Jean Sibelius: Sekakuoroteokset. &#8211; Viron filharmoninen kamarikuoro\/Heikki Sepp\u00e4nen. (Ondine, ODE 1260-2D)<\/p>\n<p>Kuuntele Uudet levyt 20.3.2015, toimittajana Kare Eskola.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/yle.fi\/aihe\/artikkeli\/2015\/03\/19\/sibelius-juhlavuosi-kannattaa-ulkoistaa-viroon\" target=\"_blank\" data-reactid=\".1a.1.0.0.0.0.1:$mid=11427542437766=2d1a7d090df46cbcd67.0.$1.0.$right.0.0.1.0.$range0:0\">http:\/\/yle.fi\/aihe\/artikkeli\/2015\/03\/19\/sibelius-juhlavuosi-kannattaa-ulkoistaa-viroon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sibelius Jubilee Year should be outsourced to Estonia There is no shortage of recordings of the mixed choir songs of Jean Sibelius, and there are even a couple of fairly new complete works \u2013recordings. In honour of the Jubilee Year, however, the record company Ondine has released a new double cd of the mixed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efk.epcc.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efk.epcc.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efk.epcc.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efk.epcc.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efk.epcc.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efk.epcc.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7491\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efk.epcc.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efk.epcc.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efk.epcc.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}